HP 5100 stuck in a reboot loop. Booting from XP CD no good, ends up at HD in the loop again. Have restored some of registry using Linux on a memory stick, still same.
Hmm that sounds a bit hectic but here is what you need to try out. It might work out for you. Get an external CD drive and boot your XP from it. (Make sure the BIOS is configured to boot from the removable CD Drive), the CD must boot from the External CD drive. If you succeed at this point then you are good to go, that means you can go ahead and format( wipe and reload) But if you do not get through that part, then I suggest you need to remove your hard drive and install another operating system using a different computer, your computer's motherboard could be a problem if all of the above options dont work out
Can I format the HD using running Linux on the flash drive? Then use the XP disc to do a clean install?
Or do a Zero Fill (Erase Track 0 I think they call it) using Sea Tools for DOS? XP Pro disc is definitely readable as it started in my laptop...?
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It first started when I was installing a printer and a Windows updated rebooted the PC before finished (or other way round) that was all I was doing when it went pear-shaped.
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